Everyone’s Mad as Hell and No One’s Taking It Anymore
On this week’s podcast, Bruce Handy tells us how the 2020s have become the Raging 20s
A Charmed Life
Poet, human-rights activist, world traveler, wife of the Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist William Styron—a new memoir chronicles the many sides of Rose Styron
Summer Time
Eleven years after Donna Summer’s death, the Queen of Disco’s collection of lavish costumes, gold records, and handwritten lyrics will go up for auction at Christie’s
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a retelling of Western history through 14 thinkers, a deep dive into the places that define Manhattan, and an exploration of private space travel
Tall Tales
How super-tall, pencil-thin buildings are changing Manhattan’s classic skyline
Should You Move to Athens? (All the Cool Kids Are)
On this week’s podcast: Greece’s new hot spot, an Oscars mess, and the man who may take down Putin
The Show Won’t Go On
A screenwriter’s dispatch from the Writers Guild of America picket line
The Last Hurrah
A new book collects the 1980s party photographs of Dafydd Jones, chronicler of British high society at its most riotous, just as that world was coming to an end
Lunch with Douglas Brinkley
On this week’s episode of Table for Two, the historian talks about his plan with Sean Penn to save the world, Silent Spring Revolution, and why starting small isn’t such a bad thing when it comes to environmental work
The Diary of Hannah Goslar
In an excerpt from her memoir, Anne Frank’s closest childhood friend recalls the years leading up to their deportations, and their against-all-odds reunion
On Targets
In 1968, Peter Bogdanovich directed his first film, about what was then an uncommon event: a mass shooting. It haunted him to the end
Kathryn Bromwich
How a bout of long COVID during the height of the pandemic gave way to a London editor’s debut novel
DeSantis Campaign Contributors
He reportedly raised more than $8 million within 24 hours of announcing his candidacy for president. Just who the hell is giving Ron DeSantis all this money?
Owning the Lits
Fringe scholars have long argued that Shakespeare wasn’t really Shakespeare. So why has it suddenly become an article of faith among young conservatives?
Spring Migration
The Ghanian artist Serge Attukwei Clottey brings an iteration of his “Afrogallonism” series to the Venice Architecture Biennale
Unto Us a Child Is Born
At the National Theatre, The Book of Dust is a lite prequel to His Dark Materials
The Name’s Bond … Woke Bond
In an interview, Charlie Higson discusses his new Bond novel and how he adapts the womanizing spy for our times
